§ Mr. NANNETTIasked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing 241W the President of the Board of Agriculture, if the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey is an officer appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to carry out the survey of Ireland under the Act of Geo. 4, c. 99; and, if not, will he say in whom the appointment is vested and under what authority?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe Director-General of the Ordnance Survey is appointed by the Board of Agriculture under the powers conferred upon them by section 2 (c) of the Board of Agriculture Act, 1889. The Act to which the hon. Member refers has been repealed.